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1967 Houston Cougars football team

1967 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Army   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 5 Notre Dame   –   8 – 2 – 0
Syracuse   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 10 Penn State   –   8 – 2 – 1
New Mexico State   –   7 – 2 – 1
UTEP   –   7 – 2 – 1
Utah State   –   7 – 2 – 1
Florida State   –   7 – 2 – 2
West Texas State   –   8 – 3 – 0
Houston   –   7 – 3 – 0
Virginia Tech   –   7 – 3 – 0
Memphis State   –   6 – 3 – 0
Southern Miss   –   6 – 3 – 0
Dayton   –   6 – 3 – 1
Xavier   –   6 – 3 – 1
Miami (FL)   –   7 – 4 – 0
Buffalo   –   6 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   5 – 4 – 1
Holy Cross   –   5 – 5 – 0
Colorado State   –   4 – 5 – 1
Boston College   –   4 – 6 – 0
Georgia Tech   –   4 – 6 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 6 – 0
Air Force   –   2 – 6 – 2
Tulane   –   3 – 7 – 0
San Jose State   –   2 – 7 – 0
Colgate   –   2 – 8 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   1 – 9 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967 Houston Cougars football team, also known as the Houston Cougars, Houston, or UH, represented the University of Houston in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. It was the 22nd of season play for Houston. The team was coached by sixth-year head coach Bill Yeoman who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2001. The team played its home games in the Astrodome, a 53,000-person capacity stadium off-campus in Houston. Houston competed as a member of the NCAA in the University Division, independent of any athletic conference. It was their eighth year of doing so. At this time, Houston was on probation from the NCAA, and therefore was not eligible to compete in any post-season bowl games. Following the overall season, several players were selected for the 1968 NFL/AFL draft.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15Florida State
W 33–1340,336[1]
September 23at No. 3 Michigan State
W 37–775,833[2]
September 29Wake ForestNo. 3
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 50–641,769[3]
October 7NC StateNo. 2
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
L 6–1652,483[4]
October 21at Mississippi StateNo. 9
W 43–617,000[5]
October 28at Ole MissNo. 9
L 13–1426,500[6]
November 4No. 5 Georgia
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 15–1453,356[7]
November 11Memphis StateNo. 10
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 35–1846,060[8]
November 18Idaho
  • Houston Astrodome
  • Houston, TX
W 77–640,050–40,464[9]
November 25at TulsaNo. 10
L 13–2226,300[10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Poll rankings

Week-to-Week Rankings[13]
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Final
AP NR RV 3(6) 2(10) 10 10 9 9 RV 10 RV 10 NR

Coaching staff

Head coach Bill Yeoman coaches Houston
Name Position Alma mater (Year) Year at Houston
Bill Yeoman Head coach/offensive coordinator Army (1948) 6th
Melvin Robertson Defensive coordinator West Texas State (1950) 3rd
Melvin Brown Offensive backs coach Oklahoma (1954) 6th
Billy Willingham Offensive line coach TCU (1951) 2nd
Ben Hurt Defensive line coach Middle Tennessee (1957) 3rd
Howard Tippett Linebackers coach East Tennessee State (1958) 1st
Joe Arenas Wide receivers coach Nebraska-Omaha (1951) 5th
Carroll Schultz Freshmen coach Louisiana Tech (1948) 6th
Bobby Baldwin Freshmen coach Houston (1958) 3rd

References

  1. ^ "Houston wallops FSU". Pensacola News Journal. September 16, 1967. Retrieved April 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "MSU upset, 37–7". Detroit Free Press. September 24, 1967. Retrieved April 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Cougars spank Deacs, 50–6". Pensacola News Journal. September 30, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "North Carolina State shocks Houston, 16 to 6". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 8, 1967. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Houston clobbers Maroons, 43–6". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 22, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Ole Miss upsets Cougars, 14–13". San Angelo Standard-Times. October 29, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "U of H scores late, nips Georgia 15–14". Victoria Advocate. November 5, 1967. Retrieved October 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "10th-ranked Coogs post 35–18 victory". The Victoria Advocate. November 12, 1967. Retrieved April 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Cougars thump Idaho 77-6 in Houston's Astrodome". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. November 19, 1967. p. 10.
  10. ^ "Houston is surprised by Tulsa". Express-News. November 26, 1967. Retrieved April 9, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "2009 Houston Cougars football media guide: Year-by-Year results" (PDF). Houston Cougars athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
  12. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Houston)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 9, 2025.
  13. ^ "1967 AP Football Poll". AP Poll Archive. Retrieved September 6, 2011.